A new preferred prime minister poll by Verian from February 2026 has been uploaded. The details are:
- Christopher Luxon: 20%
- Chris Hipkins: 20%
- Winston Peters: 10%
- Chlöe Swarbrick: 5%
- David Seymour: 4%
- Jacinda Ardern: 1%
- Erica Stanford: 1%
- Nicola Willis: 1%
- Marama Davidson: 0.8%
- Chris Bishop: 0.7%
- Kieran McAnulty: 0.7%
- Carmel Sepuloni: 0.5%
- Shane Jones: 0.4%
- Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke: 0.4%
- Judith Collins: 0.2%
- Mark Mitchell: 0.2%
- Helen Clark: 0.1%
- Simeon Brown: 0.1%
- Bill English: 0.1%
- John Key: 0.1%
- Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: 0.1%
- Rawiri Waititi: 0.1%
You can see all our preferred PM polling data, including this poll, here.